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Voice: the way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas as well as the writer’s persona or personality Do Now: In your writer’s notebook, date and answer the following--How would you describe the voice of the article we read yesterday (“What is Cultural Identity?”, pp. 8-9)? Think-Pair-Share • Explain your ideas to your seat partner • Take notes on what they are saying • Be ready to explain what your partner thought Things that convey Voice • Point of View ▫ 1st person ▫ 2nd person • Tone • Details and Descriptions ▫ 3rd person • Punctuation • Sentence Length PP 8-10 PP 11-12 “Ethnic Hash” • Before Reading---Preview the Text ▫ Title? Pictures? • During Reading---look for author’s personality and attitude • During Reading--Look for elements that create voice After Reading • Think about your VOICE focus • Share it with others with your question • Share your answer with other question answerers. •Write a short 1 minute speech that explains your object and how it represents you and your culture. • Use an informal voice to engage your audience. • Use vivid details and descriptions. • Use diction and punctuation to create an appropriate tone. Exit Slip • Three Things ▫ 1 thing you learned today ▫ 1 thing you have questions about ▫ 1 thing you enjoyed Do Now: Write in vocab journalSyntax--- the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence or the way in which words are put together to make phrases, clauses, and sentences Changing Syntax changes Voice • I want eggrolls. Right now, I want eggrolls. • Throwing the pen. I threw the pen. I want eggrolls right now! The pen was thrown by me. Basic Sentence • Noun + Verb ▫ I ran. ▫ He danced. • Subject + Predicate ▫ Tuna salad sandwiches stink badly. ▫ Yellow pickles should be thrown away. Understanding Phrases • Gerunds • Participles • Infinitives Gerunds • A verb ending in –ing that acts like a noun ▫ Dancing is awesome! ▫ Eating is even better! • A gerund phrase is a gerund + modifiers ▫ Square dancing is corny. ▫ Eating nasty food is worse. Pp 398 Participle Pp 398-399 • A verb (ending in –ing, -ed, -t, -n) that functions as an adjective. ▫ The dancing fool stepped on my foot. ▫ The shaken woman cried over the accident. • A participial phrase includes its own modifiers ▫ Partially eaten corn will show up about a day later. ▫ The idiot dancing over there is annoying. Infinitives • A verb using the word “to” in front of it. It can function as a noun, adjective or adverb. ▫ To eat is to live. ▫ I want to dance. • Infinitive phrases includes its modifiers. ▫ To dance while eating is dangerous. ▫ I want to eat eggrolls in the morning. PP 399-400 Pair Response Cards • I will read the sentence. • You and your partner will decide what type of phrase the highlighted portion of the sentence is. • Write it on the white board, but do not lift it until I say GO! Go through your summer reading essay. Highlight the three types of phrases. If you are missing one type, revise a sentence to add it in.